Rewind to The Biograph
1st manager Terry Rea looks back at the iconic theater
Polite Society
From the creator of We Are Lady Parts
Chevalier
The true story of a Black contemporary of Mozart
Dead Ringers
Rachael Weisz as twins in this remake of Cronenberg’s thriller
Peter Pan & Wendy
A dreary new live action version from Disney
Are You There God? It’s Me, Margaret.
From the popular book about a teen girl
Evil Dead Rise
The 5th & possibly worst in the series
Visit the Goochland Drive-In
Co-founder John Heidel describes the modern experience
How to Blow Up a Pipeline
The title sums it up, not a doc but a drama
Ghosted
Chris Evans & Ana de Armas on a fun spy adventure & she’s the spy
The Power
Girls develop the power to electrocute
Guy Ritchie’s The Covenant
Jake Gyllenhaal as a vet who fights to save his translator
The Super Mario Bros. Movie
The highest-grossing video game adaptation ever
A gripping doc about a refugee mom
Meet the producer & director of Anahita, a mother’s journey.
Renfield
Featuring Nicolas Cage great fun as Dracula
The Diplomat
Keri Russell becomes the British ambassador
Extrapolations
A series of climate change dramas with a big name cast
Beef
Road rage gets shockingly out of control
Mafia Mamma
Toni Collette inherits the family biz in Italy
Air
How Nike created the shoe (directed by Ben Affleck)
Another triple feature at or about the Byrd
2 movies + chat with the new Byrd ED
Paint
Owen Wilson is NOT playing Bob Ross
Tetris
Getting the popular video game for the US market
Sci-fi from 2 different perspectives
The Power & Big Door Prize
I Saw the TV Glow
An enigmatic approach to the transgender experience
Back to Black
The biopic of Amy Winehouse
If
John Krasinski wrote/directed/stars in the child fantasy
Mother of the Bride
Brooke Shields stars in this wretched romcom
Protecting a historic Black one-room school
Meet the makers of the doc about the Pine Grove School
Kingdom of the Planet of the Apes
Further into the future with more apes & fewer people
Force of Nature: The Dry 2
Eric Bana returns to solve a disappearance in the bush
John Mulaney Presents: Everybody’s in LA
A wacky live talk show on Netflix
The Fall Guy
Ryan Gosling as a stunt man for Emily Blunt’s director
Sugar
Colin Farrell plays a detective in this noir drama
VFX from Pixar to VR
Visual effects for movies & more with Mark Lambert
Abigail
Pretty child ballerina is also a vampire
The Better Sister
Crime drama overshadowed by familial chatter
Bring Her Back
Sally Hawkins gets creepy
They dance with their incarcerated fathers
Meet the co-directors of this doc
Jane Austen Wrecked My Life
A writer’s block leads to love
Adults
A Gen-Z version of “Friends”
Mountainhead
A tech-bro drama from the creator of “Succession”
Government Cheese
David Oyelowo is the best thing about this somewhat quirky series
Sirens
Julianne Moore plays a weird socialite…or is she?
Friendship
Tim Robinson & Paul Rudd play neighbors
Creating the French Film Festival
Meet the couple behind it
Fountain of Youth
John Krasinski & Natallie Portman search for it
Pee-wee as Himself
A documentary with Paul Reubens
Overcompensating
This coming out comedy has fun moments
Mission: Impossible – The Final Reckoning
The 7th film for Cruise isn’t the best
Final Destination: Bloodlines
Still gleefully gory fun after 25 years
Mobland
Tom Hardy is tough but Helen Merren is tougher
Selling Virginia film before
Former Va Film Office Director Rita McClenny
Still growing after 25 years
Dig into VPM’s Virginia Home Grown
Shadow Force
Kerry Washington & Omar Sy on the run
Your Friends and Neighbors
Jon Hamm’s version of Breaking Bad
Nonnas
Grandmothers are the chefs
Another Simple Favor
An unexceptional sequel
Étoile
Paris & NYC ballet companies exchange stars
Thunderbolts
More Marvel misfits in a lukewarm rehash